NZQA registered unit standard
1810 version 7
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Title
Provide information about resources and support services in a health
or wellbeing setting
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
2
This unit standard is for people providing services in a health or
wellbeing setting.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
describe community support services and resources for family,
whānau or support person(s); and provide information about a
community support service or resource to family, whānau or
support person(s) in a health or wellbeing setting.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Whānau Ora and
Community Support
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and standards relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996;
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Privacy Act 1993;
NZS 8134.0:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (general) Standard;
NZS 8134.1:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (core) Standards;
NZS 8158:2003 Home and community support sector Standard; available at
http://www.standards.co.nz/.
2
In the context of this unit standard, support should aim to maintain, improve, or
restore a person’s independence and/or interdependence by utilising the person’s
existing strengths and appropriate resources; but may include providing assistance to
enable a person’s health and wellbeing needs to be met.
3
Definitions
Health or wellbeing setting includes but is not limited to – the aged care, acute care,
community support, disability, mental health, and social services sectors.
Personal plan – is a generic term that covers the individual or group plans (which
may also be referred to by other names) that are developed with people receiving
support (and may include their family/whānau as appropriate).
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
1810 version 7
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and describe community support services and resources available for family,
whānau or support person(s) in a health or wellbeing setting.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Sources of community support and resources for family, whānau or support
person(s) are identified.
Range
1.2
evidence is required of four sources.
Key points of the support service or resource offered by each identified service
are described.
Range
key points must include but are not limited to – target population,
referral procedures, services offered, cultural orientation.
Outcome 2
Provide information about a community support service or resource to family, whānau or
support person(s) in a health or wellbeing setting.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Information provided outlines the key points of the support service or resource
offered.
Range
key points must include but are not limited to – target population,
referral procedures, services offered, cultural orientation.
2.2
Information provided is consistent with the needs identified in the personal plan
and identifies the relevance of the support service or resource to family, whānau
or support person(s).
2.3
Information provided identifies how the family, whānau or support person(s) can
access the support service or resource.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
1810 version 7
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 March 1995
31 December 2017
Revision
2
21 March 1995
31 December 2017
Revision
3
28 August 1996
31 December 2017
Review
4
24 November 1999
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
5
20 May 2008
Revision
6
21 January 2011
31 December 2017
Review
7
16 April 2015
N/A
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0024
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited
enquiries@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016